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UNiTED STATES PATENT Orricn.

JOHN H. GLASMANN, OF DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES E. SNELL,

OF SAME PLACE.

FOLDING CAM P-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 497,275, dated May 9, 1893.. Application filed April16,1892. Serial 110.4%,499. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. GLASMANN, a citizen of the United States of America, residmg at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Camp- .Stoves; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in [O the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in camp stoves and the object of the invention 1s to provide a stove of the class stated which maybe quickly and easily folded up into very small compass for convenienceof transportation from place to place or for storage when not in use.

To these ends the invention consists of the features, arrangements and combinations hereinafter described and claimed, and which will be fully understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which is illustrated an embodiment thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved stove ready for use. Fig. 2 is a similar View of the rear side of the same, partly upraised to show the bottom. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the removable oven. Fig. 4 is a perspective view in detail showing the manner ofjoining the bottom and sides of the stove when in use. Fig. 5 is a top or plan view of the stove with the top removed. Fig. 6 is a side View with one side removed. Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing the stove partly folded. Fig. 8 is a perspective of a sec tion of the pipe employed. Fig. 9 is a sectional detail illustrating the manner of attaching the pipe to the top of the stove.

Similar reference characters indicating corresponding parts or elements of the mechanism in the several views let the numeral 5 designate the front side of the stove which is preferably composed of sheet iron. The front side of the stove is provided with a door 6 leading to the fire box, and another door 7 affording access to the oven 8. To the upper side 13. This flange is provided with hooks 14,

side of the front 5 is hinged the top 9 as shown at 10. This top is provided with a depending flange 12 formed on its rear side edge and overlapping the upper edge of the rear adapted to engage catches or eyes 15 formed on side 13 and occupying a position in proximity to the hooks when the stove is in use. The top 9 is also provided with depending end flanges 16 which overlap the upper edges of the folding ends 17. These ends are each composed of two twin sections hinged together at 18 and to the vertical side edges as shown at 19.

The bottom 20 is hinged to the lower horizontal side edge 21 of the rear side 13. This bottom occupies a position between the sides and ends of the stove and is provided with depending flanges 22 formed on its ends and free side to engage corresponding upwardly projecting flanges 23 formed on the lower horizontal edges of the two ends and one side. When the stove is in position for use this bottom braces the side walls of the stove from. the inside. This bottom is held in position when the stove is in use by transverse slides 24 which engage the bottom flanges 25 and overlap the lower horizontal edges of the vertical sides, thus locking the bottom in place. These slides, 24, as shown in the drawings, are formed concavo-convex with their convex su rfaces extended downwardly. The depending parts of these slides may be made of any sufficient length to form legs for supporting the stove at any desired distance from the ground or surface upon which the stove rests.

The stove is provided with a removable oven 8 composed of the top 2, bottom 3, and two sides at hinged together as shown at 8 and adapted to fold or close up when not in use. This oven is provided with vertical flanges 8 adapted to engage corresponding flanges 26 formed on the sides of the stove.

' To the top of the oven is hinged a damper 27, which when raised engages the top of the 95 stove and occupies a position between the fire box and the rear opening through which the smoke escapes. This damper is controlled by a wire or small rod 28 which projects through a suitable aperture formed in the 10c rear end of the stove through which it is passed when the oven is put in place. This oven is open at the sides adjacent the front and rear sides 5 and 13 of the stove body and may be folded up when not in use.

As shown in the drawings the top of the stove is provided with three openings 30, 30, and 31. These openings 30 are provided with suitable covers 32 which may be hinged to the top as shown in Fig. 1. Opening 31 is the smoke exit and is partly surrounded by flanges 33 (Fig. 9) which are engaged by corresponding flanges 34. formed on the lower horizontal edge of the pipe 35 which is rectangular in' cross section and com posed of four parts having their vertical edges hinged together as shown at 36.

WVhen not in use, the pipe is first removed and fo'ded, the top unhooked and raised and the oven removed and folded by virtue of the construction heretofore described. The slides 24 are then removed, releasing the bottom, which is folded up against side 13 as shown in Fig. 7. The front and rear sides are then made to approach each other by folding the ends inward as shown in Fig. 7. The folded oven and pipe are then dropped in between the folding sides which are then pressed together, the entire stove being formed into a neat, symmetrical package, requiring very little space for storage or transportation. It is preferably packed within a suitable box constructed for the purpose. A stove one foot in width of my improved construction may be folded into a space about two inches in width, thus greatly reducing the bulk of the article.

The operation of putting up the stove is just the reverse of taking it down or folding it up, and either act may be accomplished in a few minutes.

The top of the stove is provided on the under surface with depending lugs or projections A, adapted to engage and brace the ends and front side outwardly and so lock them when in use as to prevent the possibility of their folding inward.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. As an improved article of manufacture a folding camp stove having hinged vertical sides, a top hinged to one side and attached to the opposite side by hooks engaging suitable catches, and a bottom hinged to one vertical side of the stove body and provided with depending flanges formed on its three edges and adapted to engage counterpart upwardly formed on the vertical sides, and a locking slide engaging exterior ways formed on the bottom, said slide overlapping two of the side edges, substantially as described.

3. As an improved article of manufacture a folding camp stove having hinged vertical sides, a top hinged to one of these sides and detachably connected to the other side, abottom also hinged to one side and having depending hooked flanges on one or more of its free edges engaging counter-part upwardly turned flanges formed on the vertical sides, and slides, the edges of which engage exterior ways formed on the bottom and overlapping the side edges whereby the bottom is locked in place, said slides being bent outwardly from the bottom to form a support for the stove during use, substantially as described.

4. As an improved article of manufacture, a camp stove having its outer body part composed of hinged sections adapted to fold up, and a removable oven located within the body part and provided with vertical flanges adapted to engage count-er part ways formed on two opposite sides of the oven and attached to the stove body, the oven being composed of hinged parts and adapted to fold up,substantially as described.

5. As an improved article of manufacture a camp stove having its outer body part cornposed of hinged sections adapted to fold up and a removable oven located within the inclosure of the stove body and provided with vertical flanges adapted to engage ways formed on the stove body, the oven being composed of hinged parts, and a damper hinged to the top of the oven and adapted to engage the top of the stove body above the oven, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. GLASM'ANN. WVitnesses:

WM. MCCONNELL, JAMES E. SNELL. 

